{"product_id":"its-even-worse-than-you-think-what-the-trump-administration-is-doing-to-america-9781501174155","title":"It's Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom David Cay Johnston, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Donald Trump\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e comes his \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller about how the Trump Administration's policies will affect our jobs, savings, taxes, and safety--completed revised and updated. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and longtime Trump observer David Cay Johnston shines a light on the political termites who have infested our government under the Trump administration, destroying it from within and compromising our jobs, safety, finances, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIt's Even Worse Than You Think\u003c\/i\u003e, Johnston exposes shocking details about the Mexican border wall, and how American consumers will end up paying for it, if it ever gets built; climate change, and all about Scott Pruitt who spent much of his career trying to destroy the agency he now heads; stocking--not draining--the swamp, despite his promise to do the opposite, Trump has filled his cabinet with millionaires and billionaires; and the Kleptocracy, where Donald Jr. and Eric run an eyes-wide-open blind trust of Trump holdings to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest--but not the reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith story after story, \u003ci\u003eIt's Even Worse Than You Think\u003c\/i\u003e \"diagnoses the Trump administration as a...government by the least qualified and most venal among us\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e). This is \"a momentously thorough account of President Trump's alarmingly chaotic first year in office...a precise and fiery indictment of an unstable, unethical president that concludes with a call for us to defend our democracy\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e) and is \"urgent, necessary reading\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Cay Johnston is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Donald Trump \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIt's Even Worse Than You Think.\u003c\/i\u003e He has lectured on economics, journalism, and tax policy on every continent except Antarctica and is a former president of Investigative Reporters \u0026amp; Editors (IRE). Johnston has been a frequent guest on MSNBC, CNN, the BBC, ABC \u003ci\u003eWorld News Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDemocracy Now!\u003c\/i\u003e, and NPR's \u003ci\u003eMorning Edition\u003c\/i\u003e, among other shows, and was a consultant for the Netflix series \u003ci\u003eHouse of Cards\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641434607890,"sku":"9781501174155","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0e570ed7-886b-43be-9d0f-1fb939338637.jpg?v=1733016729","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/its-even-worse-than-you-think-what-the-trump-administration-is-doing-to-america-9781501174155","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}